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"Herb, is
that poor bird really alive? People who torture and maim
animals should have the same done to them ... eye for an eye ... we
adopted two cats yesterday ... brothers ... they had been abandoned by
some swine in the woods a week after they were born ... who does stuff
like that? They should rot in a hole somewhere for their
barbarity, and probably will once they depart this plane ...
"
Regarding the bird. Yes, that is often a case of neglect and abuse and I have seen too much of that. Birds such as these are 'cute' until they hit puberty and get hormonal. Then you get into all sorts of issues and many people just give away their problem children to others even less capable of caring for them. Some just put them out into the snow. (Like your cats abandoned in the woods.) I suspect that Oscar has a non-curable disease. Was it stress related? Who knows? All I can attest to is that there are FEW vets around who treat birds. One has to drive hundreds of miles to find one, should the bird have problems. Yet the pet stores, puppy mills and yes bird mills continue to grind them out. Florida charges 50.00 to license such sites, yet provides no supervision for what they license. Yipes. I guess this post will go towards the releasing of exotic pets into the wild. Pythons, Lion Fish etc. Do a search on the latter and see how they have exploded into the Caribbean. Somewhere there is a link showing their rate of increase in the last decade. Bahamas, and now into the gulf. First release points being near Miami. There are so many bird lovers
and, if each of us " ...". gave even just a few dollars and sent it to
the Alex Foundation, we could quickly and easily help replace some of
those funds that are no longer available through the usual agencies and
help her hit the magic $10,000 number that will then be
doubled. It’s amazing what a flock of bird lovers is capable
of! This link has
all the information: Another
related link. You are the first person who returned to the Aramaic.
.Dozens of homeless parrots wait patiently for new homes at the Parrot Outreach Society in Punta Gorda. |